128. Mythological Animals

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Enamel-painted Figures

128.6. Courtesy Aurea Carter.

128.7. (c) Christie's

128.8. Unicorn. This animal is shown in chapter 115 as a horse....but that example must have lost its horn. It is recorded paired with a lion--see 126. Lions on this site.

128.9. A dragon! Courtesy a private collector.

128. 10. Hippocampus.

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Figures Decorated with Underglaze Colors or with Glazes only.

Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy Keno Auctions.

Courtesy Bonhams

(c) The Pottery Bank.

Courtesy Classic Tradition on Ruby Lane.

From "Ars Ceramica," published by the Wedgwood Society of New York.

Courtesy Marty Edgell.

Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

Courtesy the Potomack Auction Company.

Courtesy Stair Auctions.

Courtesy Stair Auctions.

Courtesy eBay seller somereallygoodstuf.

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These two lidded containers, one with a sheep's head and the other with the head of a bird, combine features of varied animals. These weird hybrid beasts are perhaps mythological in origin, or perhaps they were simply a flight of imagination. 

The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection.

From the second edition of Griselda Lewis's "Pratt Ware."